Production Designer / Animator at Spice TV

SPICE TV is Nigeria’s first and foremost African fashion channel and as Africa’s No.1 fashion destination dedicated to exploring African achievements in fashion, beauty and lifestyle 24/7 we are constantly striving to push the boundaries to drive our mission and business further.

We thrive in a culture of innovation, which is why we are always on the lookout for passionate and talented people to join our diverse team, people who share our vision, who can make a difference and people who want to be part of something special. Whether your skills lie in fashion, creative arts, production or technology, we can offer you a broad range of challenging roles in a unique environment.

Spice Television is recruiting to fill the below position:

Job Title: Production Designer / Animator

Location: Lagos

Job Description
We are now looking for a highly technically- orientated, creative and talented mid-level production designer and animator with 2-5 years of experience in Broadcast Production / Motion Graphics Design, in an on-air television network environment. The ideal candidate should be a highly organized detail orientated person, with an eye for the technical and aesthetic craft of broadcast design. You should be a creative Production and technical problem-solver, as well as posses strong interpersonal communication skills. The Production Designer/Animator involves designing and animating graphics for on air, off air, VOD and multi-platform.

Reponsibilities

• Design and animation of the on-air network navigation, including bugs and various lower third messaging
• Design and animation of promotional elements, based on established network style guides and tool kits.
• Production support for the design team, including but not limited to keying, rotoscoping, tracking, image prep, colour correction and resizing of art for various formats.
• Help develop and maintain how-to one sheets and style guides for the design group.
• Help organize, maintain and distribute assets across the design group.
• Help organize and maintain production relation archives.
• Designs and animates in show graphics including flags, bugs, countdown clocks, credit crunches, and crawls
• Coordinates with the Media Planning department and writes copy for in show graphics
• Reformats show/movie logos and end pages for Hot End credits and coordinates delivery with Edit & OACIS Assistant, Program Planning and Acquisitions
• Designs and animates on-air, VOD and multiplatform promos and logos
• Updates previously animated promos, tags and assists with renders as needed
• Assists in finding stock photography/video and performs other design/animation research
• Reformats show/movie logos and end pages for Hot End credits and coordinates delivery with Edit & OACIS Assistant, Program Planning and Acquisitions
• Collaborates with Post Production Operations to update Real Estate Guidelines for Original Productions

Requirements

• Highly skilled in Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects
• Comfortable with Mac and PC, Microsoft Office Knowledge.
• 3-5+ years of design/animation, motion graphic design experience – internship experience welcome.
• On-Air experience in broadcast network environment is a plus
• Experience with Cinema 4D, InDesign, Flash, Final Cut, Premiere
• Experience with media management and server based workflows.
• OACIS experience a plus
• Excellent communication and team work skills
• Strong written and grammar skills
• Advance knowledge of video post-production and final cut pro.
• Proven ability to manage time, juggle multiple tasks and prioritize work.
• Ability work in teams and independently
• Interest in popular culture and television, specifically for how this relates to targeting the SPICE TV audience.

Application Closing Date
Not Stated.

How to Apply
Interested and Qualified candidates should send their applications to: [email protected]

Your application must include the following:

• CV
• Short Covering letter (500 words max)
• Portfolio or Previous examples of related work.

Note: Due to a high volume of applicants, only successful candidates will be contacted. If you’ve not heard back from us within 2 weeks of sending your CV, you have been unsuccessful on this occasion but we will keep your information on file for future, more suitable opportunities.